King Edward the Confessor

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/King_Edward_the_Confessor
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
Norman influence in England
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1003
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Islip,_Oxfordshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Pope_Alexander_III
1161
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Edwardtide
gptkbp:cousin gptkb:William_the_Conqueror
gptkbp:deathDate 5 January 1066
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Bayeux_Tapestry
gptkbp:father gptkb:Æthelred_the_Unready
gptkbp:feastDay 13 October
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Edward the Confessor
gptkbp:legacy His death led to the succession crisis of 1066
Regarded as a pious and gentle king
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Emma_of_Normandy
gptkbp:nickname the Confessor
gptkbp:noChildren true
gptkbp:notableFor Construction of Westminster Abbey
Last king of the House of Wessex
gptkbp:patronSaint gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkb:Kings
Difficult marriages
Separated spouses
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Harthacnut
gptkbp:reignEnd 5 January 1066
gptkbp:reignStart 8 June 1042
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:sainthoodStatus gptkb:saint
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Edith_of_Wessex
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Harold_Godwinson
gptkbp:successorControversy Led to Norman Conquest
gptkbp:title gptkb:saint
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
Catholic Church
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Godwin,_Earl_of_Wessex
gptkb:Siward
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5